Manure-conveyer for stables.



PATENTED NOV. 10, 1903.

LE GRAND R. TUMPKINS dz 0. E. MEAD.

MANURE OONVEYER FOR STABLES.

APPLICATION 31mm JUNE so. 1903 N0 MODEL.

INVENTORS A TTOFNEVS g V UNIT D STATES Patented November 10, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE;

LE GRAND RYDERTOMPKINS AND CHARLES EASSON MEAD, OF BANGALL,

NEW YORK.

MARNUQRE-ICOINVEYER FOgR RSTABLES,

' SPEGIFIGATJZON forming part of Letters Patent hfo. 743,957, dated November 10, 1903.

A notate filed June so, 1903. Serial Noiea'ms. on an.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, Ln GRAND RYDER TOMPKINS and CHARLES EASSON MEAD, ns

zens of the'United States, residing atBangall, in the county of Dutchess and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manure-Conveyors for Sta bles, of which the followingis a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

I Our invention relates to improvements in manure-conveyors for stables; and the obvjectoif our invention is to provide a simple.

and elfective device,for removing manure, &c., from the stable; and with this and other objects in view the invention consists in a conveyor of the class described constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying' drawings form a part, in which the separate parts Of Our improvment are desof power:

ignated by suitable reference characters in each of the views, and in which-'- 4 Figure 1 is asectional view of our rippers,-

tus attached to the manure-pit of thestable.

Fig. 2 is a crossjsection on- 'thelines2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the chain,

showing the cleat or scoop attached.

In practice we provide the endless chains o and a which run upon driving-pulleys b and c, which are in turn mounted upon shafts b and c and the chains as and a run in a gutter or depressions. in the floor of the manurepit d, and the said floor of the manure-pit is extended beyond the manure-pit or stable, as atd", and terminates over a platform e.

The driving-pulley b and'the shaft 12 are suitably'mounted upon a stall-db? and areprovided with a driving-wheel b, which is tionof the chains we provide supportingroll-' ment of the cleats or scoops f through the gutter a will move any substance in it out ground, and when the floor of the stable ishigh enough above the ground a wagon may be drawn or backed under the end of the .gu tterand the manure dropped directlyinto it.

In the drawings we have shown a manurepit; but it is obvious that where a stable is not provided with such'a pit our device may be attached directly below the floor of the stable and the manure maybe piled upon the door and directly over the gutter a and when the device is started it will carry the manure. in aoontinuous stream out of the building.

When a wagon cannot be backed ordrawn under the-end of the gutter, the manure, after being dropped upon the platform a or the ground, will have to be conveyed by hand or I other means to the cart or wagon..

- The conveyor may be driven by any suitable means.

Having fully described ourinvention, what weclaim as new, and desire to secure by Lettors Patent, is- 7 IuIa, conveyor for removing manure and thelike from stables, a gutter formed in the floor of the stable and extended beyond the side of the stable, an endless chain having jcleats or scoops formed thereon and adapted to move in; the said gutter to displaceanysubstance therein, means for carrying said endless chain, a' driving-pulley for operating said chain and means for preventing said chain from sagging, substantially as shown and described.

In-testimony thatwe claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 22d day of June, 1903. I

'LE GRAND RYDER TOMPKINS.

CHARLES EASSON MEAD. Witnesses: ALFRED Tom xms,

ALMON GEBMOND. 

